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Matuka

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  1. A holier than thou harpie in the late sixties and early 70’s who sang Christian, gospel songs and saw herself as a warrior against the hippie culture. Her mainstream gig was hawking orange juice (how wholesome!). She crusaded against the gays and would have fit in just fine today in the MAGA world. Her catch line was “A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine!”, which may have been a musical jingle too… .
  2. The softer side of Representative Nixon.. And if anyone is wondering, the answer is “yes”!
  3. I think he’ll just go thru waivers and if no team picks him up on the regular roster, recent rule changes would allow him to be on a practice squad if he and a team so desires. He can probably make a lot more money with the ÚT connections he’s made rather than be a practice squad QB.
  4. He should already be vested; I believe the requirement is to be on an active roster for three games for at least three seasons. LH has done 4 seasons.
  5. Don’t think it’s legal yet. But I cut up some gummies into strips and put them in the middle of a bag of Haribo sour gummies I bought at CVS. No problema hermano.
  6. I'm sure he learned many new, innovative grifting techniques while in prison.
  7. I sure Marge didn't like this, the great orange one giving love to her nemesis.
  8. He's still a grade A asshole... What started with days of traffic jams in an obscure New Jersey town has now become a major scandal for one of the most prominent U.S. politicians. For those of you west of the Poconos, or just with normal lives, here’s how the closure of two lanes on a bridge over the Hudson River suddenly became the epicenter of American political news. Governor who? Chris Christie is seen as a rising star in the Republican Party and a possible presidential contender in 2016. He won a second term as governor of Democratic-leaning New Jersey, the 11th-largest U.S. state, in November. He was the keynote speaker at the party’s 2012 convention, serves as chairman of the Republican Governors Association and led all other potential GOP contenders in a recent CNN/ORC International poll. So what happened on the bridge? Back in September, two months before Christie’s re-election, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey closed two of the three lanes that lead to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, across the Hudson from Manhattan. That caused days of massive traffic jams in Fort Lee, where the Democratic mayor had declined to endorse Christie. The closures were ordered by David Wildstein, a Christie confidante and the governor’s appointee to the Port Authority, which operates the nation’s busiest bridge. They immediately sparked speculation by Democrats that the action amounted to political retaliation against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich. That led to hearings in New Jersey’s state legislature and the December resignations of Wildstein – who had said the closures were part of a traffic study – and Bill Baroni, New Jersey’s top Port Authority official. Then came Wednesday’s revelation that a top Christie aide had e-mailed Wildstein before the closures, telling him, “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.” In a lengthy news conference Thursday, Christie announced he had fired the author of that e-mail, deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly, and said he was “embarrassed and humiliated” by the “abject stupidity” of the move. On the George Washington Bridge: ‘Those days … worse than a disaster’ Politics ain’t beanbag. What’s the big deal? Fort Lee’s emergency medical services chief warned at the time that the resulting traffic jams could have life-or-death implications for residents by delaying firefighters and paramedics. He listed several examples, including car wrecks, chest pains and a 91-year-old woman who suffered a heart attack and later died. And politically, several analysts say the scandal endangers any national ambitions Christie may have. “If a woman died here, he’s in deep, deep trouble,” said David Gergen, a CNN senior political analyst. The former federal prosecutor’s combative personality has produced some compelling video clips over the past few years, particularly when confronted with hecklers. Critics call him a bully – an allegation Christie denied in his news conference Thursday, but one Gergen said the Fort Lee scandal reinforces. “There’s something about this that’s so petty and so vindictive … he’s going to have to find some way to defuse this to prove he doesn’t run a shop like that,” Gergen said. Now what? Investigations and some “soul searching” on the part of the governor, who said he was “blindsided” by the e-mails. “I have worked for the last 12 years in public life developing a reputation for honesty and directness and blunt talk, one that I think is well-deserved,” he said. “But, you know, when something like this happens, it is appropriate for you to question yourself. And certainly I am, and I am soul searching on this.” But first, he headed to Fort Lee for a mea culpa – a personal, “face-to-face” apology to Sokolich and the people of his town Thursday afternoon, which Sokolich called “gracious” and “conciliatory.” That may not be the end of it, however. State lawmakers are still holding hearings into the bridge scandal. Wildstein refused to testify before the state General Assembly’s Transportation Committee on Thursday afternoon, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. And the U.S. attorney’s office in Trenton – the governor’s old post – says it’s looking into whether any federal laws were broken. Both the Port Authority’s inspector-general and state Sen. Barbara Buono, Christie’s opponent in November, have asked federal authorities to step in. Chris Christie bridge scandal: a primer | CNN Politics
  9. Went to my first cricket games in the past week, MLC being played in Grand Prairie. It was a hoot, nice crowd. South Asian fare in the concession stands and they served an Indian style beer. Before the second game, I watched a video on the league website which explains the rules as compared to baseball. I still have a ways to go before I fully understand the game, but I'm looking forward to next season.
  10. Need to administer the "“Person, woman, man, camera, TV” test.
  11. you think lying about said burgers had anything to do with the punishment?
  12. Hook ‘em Mongo, you were a certifiable badass at Texas and the NFL.
  13. A graduate of the Clayton Williams School of Reasoning
  14. I like George, but he was kinda being a dick about it.
  15. George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin: "Who the fuck are those nimrods? We better stay over here; they're giving me the creeps."
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